Contraceptive Counseling: An Essential Component of Preventive Health Care
Authors: Christine Laine
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2022)

EditorialsJuly 2022Contraceptive Counseling: An Essential Component of Preventive Health CareChristine Laine, MD, MPHChristine Laine, MD, MPHEditor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M22-1485 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail I began to write this editorial on the day that a leaked document suggested that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that protects a pregnant person's ability to choose abortion (1). Overturning this landmark ruling would severely hamper Americans' reproductive freedom and adversely impact the health and socioeconomic well-being of many. This sociopolitical context shines a bright light on the importance of promoting the use of contraception and on the findings of an article in this issue. Nelson and colleagues (2) report the effectiveness of different interventions to promote ...References1. Cramer M. Here are key passages from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. New York Times. 3 May 2022. Accessed at www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/supreme-court-abortion-opinion-draft.html on 3 May 2002. Google Scholar2. Nelson HD, Cantor A, Jungbauer RM, et al. Effectiveness and harms of contraceptive counseling and provision interventions for women. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2022;175:980-93. doi:10.7326/M21-4380 LinkGoogle Scholar3. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Reduce the proportion of unintended pregnancies — FP-01: data. Accessed at https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/family-planning/reduce-proportion-unintended-pregnancies-fp-01/data?group=None&state=United+States&from=2013&to=2013&populations=&op=Show+Data#views-exposed-form-hp-data-tables-page-1 on 11 May 2022. Google Scholar4. Gariepy A, Lundsberg LS, Vilardo N, et al. Pregnancy context and women's health-related quality of life. Contraception. 2017;95:491-499. [PMID: 28188745] doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2017.02.001 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Qiu X, Zhang S, Sun X, et al. Unintended pregnancy and postpartum depression: a meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies. J Psychosom Res. 2020;138:110259. [PMID: 33002811] doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2020.110259 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Gawron LM, Sanders JN, Sward K, et al. Multi-morbidity and highly effective contraception in reproductive-age women in the US intermountain west: a retrospective cohort study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35:637-642. [PMID: 31701466] doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05425-5 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Institute of Medicine. Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps. National Academies Pr; 2011. Google Scholar8. Daniel H, Erickson SM, Bornstein SS, et al; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Women's health policy in the United States: an American College of Physicians position paper. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:874-875. [PMID: 29809243] doi:10.7326/M17-3344 LinkGoogle Scholar9. Borrero S, Callegari L. Integrating family planning into primary care—a call to action [Editorial]. J Gen Intern Med. 2020;35:625-627. [PMID: 31848863] doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05576-5 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Woodhams EJ, Gilliam M. Contraception. Ann Intern Med. 2019;170:ITC18-ITC32. [PMID: 30716758] doi:10.7326/AITC201902050 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Christine Laine, MD, MPHAffiliations: Editor in Chief, Annals of Internal Medicine Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M22-1485.Corresponding Author: Christine Laine, MD, MPH, American College of Physicians, 190 N. Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, claine@acponline.org.This article was published at Annals.org on 24 May 2022. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoEffectiveness and Harms of Contraceptive Counseling and Provision Interventions for Women Heidi D. Nelson , Amy Cantor , Rebecca M. Jungbauer , Karen B. Eden , Blair Darney , Katherine Ahrens , Amanda Burgess , Chandler Atchison , Rose Goueth , and Rongwei Fu Metrics July 2022Volume 175, Issue 7Page: 1043-1044KeywordsContraceptivesPregnancyPreventive medicineTermination of pregnancyVasectomy ePublished: 24 May 2022 Issue Published: July 2022 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2022 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...